
Norman Fell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 24, 1924
- Died
- December 14, 1998 (aged 74)
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Norman Fell (born Norman Noah Feld; March 24, 1924 – December 14, 1998) was an American actor of film and television. He is most famous for his role as landlord Mr. Roper on the sitcom Three's Company and its spin-off, The Ropers. His film credits include Ocean's 11 (1960), The Graduate (1967), and Bullitt (1968). Early in his career, he was billed as Norman Feld. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1924, Fell graduated from Temple University with a bachelor's degree in drama. During World War II, he was an Air Force tail gunner in the Pacific. After the war, he studied acting and obtained small parts in television and on stage. His first regular TV appearance was in the comedy series Joe & Mabel (1956). Fell died in 1998 at the Motion Picture and Television Fund's retirement home in Woodland Hills CA, aged 74, survived by two daughters.
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Filmography

Underground Entertainment: The Movie
Movie · as Norman (archive footage)

The Destiny of Marty Fine
Movie · as Daryl

E! True Hollywood Story
TV · 1 ep

Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare
Movie · as Grandpa Joe Dooley

The Naked Truth
TV · as Norman Fell · 1 ep

Hexed
Movie · as Herschel Levine

The Naked Truth
Movie · as The Dentist

The Ben Stiller Show
TV · 1 ep
You're Driving Me Crazy
Movie · as Doctor 'F'

The Boneyard
Movie · as Shepard
With Friends Like These...
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
Movie · as Self

For the Boys
Movie · as Sam Schiff

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
TV · as The Landlord · 1 ep

C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
Movie · as Tyler

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
TV · as Ted Bull · 1 ep

Murphy's Law
TV · 1 ep

Stripped to Kill
Movie · as Ray

Sledge Hammer!
TV · as Doctor · 1 ep

Matlock
TV · as Norman Radburn · 1 ep

It's Garry Shandling's Show
TV · as Norman Fell · 1 ep

Transylvania 6-5000
Movie · as Mac Turner

The Twilight Zone
TV · 1 ep

The Jesse Owens Story
Movie · as Marty Forkins

Don't Ask Me, Ask God
Movie · as Jonesey

Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Vince Shackman, Lt. Ralph Rupp · 1 ep

Crazy like a Fox
TV · as Inspector Peyton · 2 eps

1st & Ten
TV · as Artie · 1 ep

Uncommon Valor
Movie · as Garvin

Magic with the Stars
Movie · as Self

Matt Houston
TV · 1 ep

Teachers Only
TV · as Principal Ben Cooper · 21 eps

On the Right Track
Movie · as The Mayor

Paternity
Movie · as Larry

The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats
Movie · as Jack McGuire

Simon & Simon
TV · as Leo Nyquist · 1 ep
Dan August: The Jealousy Factor
Movie · as Sgt. Charles Wilentz

For the Love of It
Movie · as Hall

This Year's Blonde
Movie · as Pat Toledo

Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
Movie · as Sgt. Charles Wilentz

Magnum, P.I.
TV · as David Albertson · 1 ep

Pat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special
Movie · as Self

The Ropers
TV · as Stanley Roper · 28 eps

Roots: The Next Generations
TV · as Paul Reynolds · 1 ep

Rabbit Test
Movie · as Segoynia's Father

The End
Movie · as Dr. Samuel Krugman

The Love Boat
TV · as Bill McCoy · 1 ep

Three's Company
TV · as Stanley Roper · 76 eps

Grizzly Adams
TV · as Mitch Morgan · 1 ep

Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours
Movie · as Mr. Brockelman

Guardian of the Wilderness
Movie

The Bionic Woman
TV · 1 ep

Charlie's Angels
TV · as Sammy Telford · 2 eps

Rich Man, Poor Man
TV · as Smitty · 12 eps

Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold
Movie · as Stanly Nagel

Death Stalk
Movie · as Frank Cody

Starsky & Hutch
TV · 1 ep

Switch
TV · as Marty · 1 ep
Fay
TV · 1 ep

Ellery Queen
TV · as Errol Keyes · 1 ep

Airport 1975
Movie · as Bill

Thursday's Game
Movie · as Melvin Leonard

Rhoda
TV · as Dr. Henry Gerber · 1 ep

The Stone Killer
Movie · as Les Daniels

Charley Varrick
Movie · as Mr. Garfinkle

Police Story
TV · 2 eps
Needles and Pins
TV · as Nathan Davidson · 14 eps

The Heist
Movie · as Pat Dillon

The Streets of San Francisco
TV · as Juror · 1 ep

Cannon
TV · 1 ep

McMillan & Wife
TV · as Allan Kovacs · 1 ep

The Boatniks
Movie · as Max

Catch-22
Movie · as First Sgt. Towser

Dan August
TV · as Sgt. Charles Wilentz · 26 eps

The Partridge Family
TV · as Mr. Bruner · 1 ep

McCloud
TV · as Lt. Ed Feldman · 1 ep

Three's a Crowd
Movie · as Norman, the Elevator Operator

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Movie · as Harve Blakely

Medical Center
TV · 1 ep

Love, American Style
TV · as Jack 'J.K.' Lewis · 1 ep

Bullitt
Movie · as Captain Baker

The Young Runaways
Movie · as Mr. Donford

Sergeant Ryker
Movie · as Sgt. Max Winkler

The Secret War of Harry Frigg
Movie · as Captain Stanley

The Name of the Game
TV · as Winston Polk · 1 ep

The Graduate
Movie · as Mr. McCleery

Ghostbreakers
Movie · as Lieutenant P. J. Hartunain

Fitzwilly
Movie · as Oberblatz

The Young Warriors
Movie · as Sgt. Wadley

Mannix
TV · as Daniel Brewer · 1 ep

Ironside
TV · as Lieutenant Haines · 1 ep

Judd, for the Defense
TV · 1 ep

The Invaders
TV · as Neal Taft · 1 ep

That Girl
TV · 1 ep

Quick, Before It Melts
Movie · as George Snell

The F.B.I.
TV · as Ted Cullinan, Ken Haney, Victor Green · 1 ep

The Wild Wild West
TV · as Jeremiah Ratch · 1 ep

The Killers
Movie · as Mickey Farmer

The Hanged Man
Movie · as Gaylord Grebb

Bewitched
TV · 1 ep

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV · as Mark Slate · 1 ep

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Movie · as Detective at Grogan's Crash Site

PT 109
Movie · as Edmund Drewitch

Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV · as Sgt. Max Winkler · 2 eps

The Fugitive
TV · as Lieutenant Ed Green, Lieutenant Cermak · 1 ep

Mr. Novak
TV · as Barney Sanders · 1 ep

The Lieutenant
TV · 1 ep
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV · as Eddie Carr · 1 ep

Sam Benedict
TV · 1 ep

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 9 eps

The Lloyd Bridges Show
TV · as Mel Baxter · 1 ep

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV · as Al Norman · 1 ep

Cain's Hundred
TV · as Frank Driscoll · 1 ep

87th Precinct
TV · as Detective Meyer Meyer · 30 eps

Ben Casey
TV · as Manny Berger · 1 ep

Dr. Kildare
TV · as Dr. Keith Mayes, Arnold Vitnack · 1 ep

The Defenders
TV · as George Capp · 1 ep

The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps

Ocean's Eleven
Movie · as Peter Rheimer

The Rat Race
Movie · as Telephone Repairman

Inherit the Wind
Movie · as WGN Radio Technician

The Aquanauts
TV · as Oliver Pappas · 1 ep

The Tom Ewell Show
TV · 1 ep

The Tab Hunter Show
TV · 1 ep

Pork Chop Hill
Movie · as S/Sgt. Coleman

What Makes Sammy Run?
Movie · as Sammy's Brother

Johnny Staccato
TV · 1 ep

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
TV · as Dr. Caul · 1 ep

Peter Gunn
TV · 1 ep

The Violators
Movie · as Ray

Perry Mason
TV · as Caspar Pedley · 1 ep

Stanley
TV · as Nick · 6 eps
Playwrights '56
TV · 1 ep

Twelve Angry Men
Movie · as Juror #1 / Foreman

Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Wint Selby · 1 ep

Studio One
TV · as Juror #1 / Foreman, Jake · 1 ep

